Type-distributing holder



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A. B. ADAMS.

TYPE DISTRIBUTING HOLDER. No. 447,124. Patented Feb. 24,1891.

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No. 447,124. Patented Feb; 24, 1891 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC ASA B.ADAMS, OF WVORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

TYPE-DISTRIBUTING HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 447,124, dated.February 24, 1891.

Application filed September 24, 1890- Serial No. 366,022. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ASA B. ADAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Worces-v will enable others skilled in the art to which myinvention belongs to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to a type-distributing holder or to a deviceadapted to hold a handful of type and to be used in distributingtypeafter the same has been used'and removed from the forms.

It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the ordinarypractice of distributng type by printers a handful of type is held 1nthe left hand of the printer, and with the right hand the top line ofthe type and each succeeding line is removed and distributed until allthe type is distributed. By this method the left hand, which holds thetype, becomes stiff and cramped and the type act injuriously on thehand.

The object of my invention is to do away entirely with the holding ofthe type in the hand, and to substitute a simple and effective devicefor holding a handful of type which shall operate to move or feed up thetype as the top line of type is removed, so that each line of type willalways be in sight and in position to be taken by the right hand of theprinter to be distributed.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction andoperation of a typedistributing holder, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of mytype-distributingholder secured in place with a line of type in positionready to be taken by the right hand of the user to be distributed. Fig.2 is a crosssection on line m as, Fig. 3, looking in the direction ofthe arrow a, Fig. Fig. 3 is a front View, corresponding to Fig. 1, withthe type removed and the carriage and parts connected therewith shown intheir lowest position; and Fig. 4 is a side view looking in thedirection of arrow 1), Fig. 2, the coil-spring being partially brokenaway and a supplemental slide secured at the front-side of thetype-holder.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the base-block or frame of theholder,preferably made of metal with the forked arm 2 extending down from oneend thereof and made integral therewith. The forked arm 2 is adapted toextend over the edge 3 of the case and be clamped thereto byathumb-screw 4, or otherwise, thus holding the base-block l firmlyon theupper edge of the case, as shown in Fig. 1.

Upon the front and back edge of the baseblock 1 are the movablevise-jaws or plates 5 and 6, heldin place and adapted tobetightenedandloosened by thumb-screws 7 to secure and hold in position the backadjust-able slide 8 and the supplemental front adjustable slide 9 whenthe same is used. The slide 8 extends up at the rear of the base-block1- and forms an adjustable back or support against which the type rest.By means of the vise-plate 6 the slide 8 may be adjusted and removedwhen desired for any purpose.

Two small rods 10 extend up from the rear part of the base-block- 1 infront of the slide 8 and serve to hold the type away from said slide, sothat they will not press and bear against the same and lessen thefriction th ereon. In one end of the base-block 1 is secured the lowerend of the rod 11, which extends up at right angles to said base-block.On the rod 11 moves up and down the movable carriage 12, consisting ofthe angle-piece having the base portion 12', on which the type rest, andthe upright portion 12", having the projections 13 and 13, provided withholes through which the rod 11 extends. The lower projection 13 isprovided with a thumb-screw 14, which bears at its inner end against therod 11, and serves to secure the carriage 12 at the lower end of the rod11, resting on the base-block l, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or at anydesired elevation on said rod 11. One end of a coil-spring 15 is securedto the thumbscrew 14 and the other end is secured to a thumb-screw 16 ina collar 17, movable up or down on the upper part of the rod 11, andsecured thereon by the thumb-screw 16. The purpose of the coiled spring15 is to counterbalance the weight of the type placed on the carriage l2and to cause said carriage to be gradually moved upward as the toplineof the type is removed to be distributed.

In order to regulate the action of the coiled 5 spring for lines of typeof differentlength, 1 provide a friction device to bear on the rod 11,and which in this instance consists of a flat spring 18, attached at itslower end on the lower projection 1-3 of the carriage 12 by to athumb-screw 19 and at its upper end by a thumb-screw 20. Saidthumb-screws 19 and are adapted to screw in and outin the proje'ctions13 and 13. (See Fig. 3.) The friction of said spring 18 on the rod 11 isin- I5 creased or diminished by turning in or out the thumb-screws 19and 20. In case of small type or to prevent the type being accidentallyknocked off of the carriage 12, I may employ a supplemental front ad- 20justable slide 9, secured in the front part of the base-block 1, andextending up in front of the tvpe, as shown in Fig. 4.

From the above description, in connection with the drawings, theoperation of my type- 2 5 distributing holder will be eadily understoodby those skilled in the art, and is as follows: 'lhebase-block 1 issecured to the edge of the case or a partition in the case by means ofthe clamp 2 and thumb-screw 4. The mov- 3o able carriage 12 is loweredto its lowest position, resting on the base-block 1, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, and the thumb-screw 14 tightened to hold the carriage 12 in placeagainst the action of the coiled spring 15. A hand- 3 5 ful of type isthen placed on the base portion 12 of the movable carriage 12, and restsagainst the back slide 8 and is held out from as the top lines of typeare removed, so that the top line preparatory to being removed will bein the position shown in Fig. 1. The action of the coiled spring 15 isregulated by the friction-spring 18 to adjust the action of said spring15 to the weight of the type by thumb-screws 19 and 20, which are turnedin to increase the friction of the spring 18 on the rod 11, and turnedout to diminish the friction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. As a new article of manufacture, atypedistributing holder consistingof the stationary frame part and the movable carriage for the type, andmeans for regulating the motion of said carriage, substantially as setforth.

In a type-distributing holder, the combination, with the stationaryframe, of the movable carriage for the type and means for raising saidcarriage for the purpose stated, substantially as set forth.

3. In atype-distributing holder, the combination, with the stationaryframe, of a springactuated carriage on which the type are carried andraised to be distributed, substantially as set forth.

' ASA B. ADAMS. Vitnesses:

JOHN C. DEWEY, EDMUND SEYMOUR.

